The Financial District has plenty of places to drink and few that feel like anyone's own — Evelyn is the exception, opened by an operator who spent years running other people's downtown rooms before taking a corner of 11 Hanover Square for herself. The $1.50 weekday oyster happy hour is the hook and it is a genuinely aggressive number for this zip code, but the kitchen is set up as a full restaurant behind it, with salads, burgers and steak carrying the evening. It is the rare new FiDi opening b
What to expect
A roughly 2,000-square-foot corner room that shifts from after-work bar to full dinner service, with the oyster happy hour drawing the early crowd and the kitchen menu taking over later. Hanover Square itself is a small triangular plaza, which makes the corner location feel more like a neighborhood spot than an office-tower tenant.
Good to know
- The oyster deal runs weekday afternoons only — weekend visits are full-price dining.
- It is at 11 Hanover Square, on a corner of the 27-story building facing the square.
- Nearest trains: the 2/3 to Wall St, the J/Z to Broad St, and the R/W to Whitehall St.
- The room is compact at around 2,000 square feet, so after-work hours fill fast.
- It works as both a cocktail bar and a full dinner restaurant, not just a drinks stop.
- This is a very new opening, so the menu and hours may still be settling.
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Common questions
When is the oyster happy hour?
From 4 to 7pm, Monday through Friday, with oysters at $1.50 each.
Is it just a bar?
No. It is a neighborhood restaurant and cocktail bar serving a full menu including salads, burgers and steak alongside the drinks program.
Where exactly is it?
11 Hanover Square in Manhattan's Financial District, occupying roughly 2,000 square feet on a corner of the 27-story office building.
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